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Comedian Wyatt Cenac on awkward conversations we need to have

Wyatt Cenac joins Shad on his new album Furry Dumb Fighter and what it means to be a political black comic in 2016.
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Former Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac talks to Shad about his new stand-up album Furry Dumb Fighter and what it means to be black and political as a comic in 2016. (Ben Shannon/CBC)
Q19:55Comedian Wyatt Cenac on awkward conversations we need to have

Wyatt Cenac began this interview with a point of clarification after we identified him incorrectly. "When I was at The Daily Show, I wasn't the 'Senior Black Correspondent'. That was Larry Wilmore ... I was hired simply as a correspondent, and my goal and my hope there had always been to be just a correspondent, and be the best correspondent that I could be." 

In a conversation about the corrections we must make as a culture, our error is an interesting place to begin. The actor, writer and comedian is known for wading right into tough subjects like race and misogyny — a skill he brings to his new stand-up album, Furry Dumb Fighter. 

Today he joins Shad to discuss his push for inclusion through comedy and razor-sharp commentary. 

WEB EXTRA | Get a sense of Cenac's comedy below. (Please note that the clip contains strong language.) 

 
 

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